District Court Judge: District 2B

Judge Kester was appointed to the district court in July of 2017. She earned her bachelor's degree from Iowa State University in 1994, and her law degree from Drake University School of Law in 1998. Judge Kester was an Assistant Public Defender, in private practice for six years, the Assistant Boone and Assistant Hamilton County Attorney, and the Boone County Attorney prior to her appointment as district associate judge in 2013. Judge Kester has been involved in the Iowa Association of County Attorneys, Iowa State and Boone County Bar Associations.